Whispers of Halcyon

Before the Spiral chose its next bearer... it whispered to a dreamwalker. Quentin Flax has always been quiet-an observer. A student of House Halcyon. But when he begins slipping into dreams not his own, he uncovers a secret buried deep beneath Thornridge Academy: the return of a forbidden force known only as the Spiral. The Aetherbound Order has sealed away its mistakes. Quentin just opened one. As he dives deeper into the dream-realm known as the Veil, Quentin begins to unravel more than old myths-students are vanishing, memories are shifting, and a fellow classmate is using Spiral-born power to reshape reality itself. To stop her, Quentin must master a gift that could break his mind-or remake the world. But in a school built on balance, one truth becomes terrifyingly clear: The Spiral doesn't choose heroes. It chooses those willing to be changed. A gripping, magical prequel to The Aetherbound Order, full of haunting truths, memory-twisting magic, and the origin of a power no one was ever meant to control.